In Wake of Paris Attacks, a Look at Violent Reprisals Against Artists Depicting Islam

The Paris raid was the latest in a series of violent reprisals against authors and artists in response to their depictions of Islam.

Wednesday’s attack at the offices of “Charlie Hebdo,” a French satirical magazine, “is not in a vacuum,” said Farah Pandith, adjunct senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and the U.S.’s first Special Representative to Muslim Communities. “This kind of thing has been happening a long time.”

“Charlie Hebdo,” a weekly founded in 1969, has a history of irreverence toward religion and has been targeted for its comic depictions of Islam.